Springfield Business Journal_2020-01-24

Note: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Kirk C. Stange is responsible for the content. Principal place of business 120 South Central Avenue, Suite 450, Clayton, MO 63105 Greene County Office Location: 901 E. St. Louis, Suite 404, Springfield, MO 65806 WWW.STANGELAWFIRM.COM | 855-805-0595 DIVORCE • PATERNITY • ADOPTIONS • CHILD SUPPORT • MODIFICATIONS CHILD CUSTODY • COLLABORATIVE LAW • MEDIATION • FAMILY LAW Facing divorce isn’t sweet. Having hope is. 46 · SBJ.NET WINTER 2020 MISCELLANY AREA'S LARGEST MANUFACTURING EMPLOYERS Rank Name Address Telephone•Website Email LocalManufacturing Employees Companywide 2018CompanyRevenue Owner(s) Products LocalProduction Locations Companywide TopLocalExecutive(s),Title(s) Headquarters YearFounded Locally 1 (1) White River Marine Group 2500 E Kearney St, Springfield 65809 (417) 873-5900 • WhiteRiverMG.com 2,000 WND WND Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Group Boat, motor & trailer packages by Tracker Boats, Ranger Boats, Nitro, Mako, Triton Boats, Sun Tracker, Regency, Tahoe & Ascend 3 8 Johnny Morris, founder/CEO; Les Crawford 1 , president Springfield 1978 2 (2) EFCO Corp 1000 County Road, Monett 65708 (417) 235-3193 • EFCOCorp.com jatwell@efcocorp.com 1,360 1,500 WND 2 Apogee Enterprises Inc (Nasdaq: APOG) Architectural-grade windows, curtain wall, storefronts & entrances 4 6 John Klein, president; David Desutter, VP of project services & engineering Monett 1959 3 (3) Paul Mueller Co 1600 W Phelps St, Springfield 65802 (417) 575-9000 • PaulMueller.com contact@paulmueller.com 650 930 $167,957,000 3 Publicly traded (OTC: MUEL.PK) Stainless steel tanks & industrial processing equipment, thermal storage, distillation & heat recovery equipment, transportation 1 4 David Moore, president/CEO; Denise Silvey, human resources director Springfield 1940 4 Loren Cook Co 2015 E Dale St, Springfield 65803 (417) 869-6474 • LorenCook.com info@lorencook.com 600 700 WND Cook family Ventilation equipment 1 2 Jerry Cook, board chairman/CEO Springfield 1964 5 (5) John Deere Reman Springfield 4500 E Mustard Way, Springfield 65803 (417) 829-2000 • Deere.com yearganrebecca@johndeere.com 500 57,000 WND 4 Deere & Co (NYSE: DE) Remanufactured John Deere diesel engines, fuel injection systems & engine component parts 4 85 Jena Holtberg-Benge, general manager; David Ahlstrand, factory manager Moline, IL 1998 6 (6) Positronic Industries Inc 423 N Campbell Ave, Springfield 65806 (417) 866-2322 • ConnectPositronic.com info@connectpositronic.com 463 920 WND John Gentry Electronic connectors & interconnection systems 3 7 John Gentry, CEO; Gregory Rocque, president Springfield 1966 7 (8) Springfield ReManufacturing Corp/SRC Heavy Duty 650 N Broadview Place, Springfield 65802 (417) 862-3501 • SRCReman.com 400 400 $100,000,000 Employee stock ownership plan 5 Diesel engines, natural gas engines, engine components, hydraulics, turbo chargers, cooling & fuel systems, power systems 2 2 Chad Myers, general manager Springfield 1983 As of Feb. 25, 2019. Ranked by number of local employees. The previous year's rankings are in parentheses. The following companies did not respond to survey requests, but the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce published research with regional employee counts as of summer 2018: The Kraft Heinz Co., 996; Hutchens Industries Inc., 650; Dairy Farmers of America, 449; The Carlstar Group, 420; French’s Food Co., 382, ranked No. 4 last year; 3M Co., 375; NorthStar Battery, 350; American Dehydrated Foods, 282; and Hiland Dairy Co., 250. Springfield Business Journal relies on the individual businesses to be truthful and accurate in their representation of information listed. WND : Would not disclose. To be considered for future lists, email mhenderson@sbj.net. 1 Les Crawford retired and was succeeded by Zach Kauk on Sept. 1, 2019. 2 Apogee Enterprises Inc. reported 2018 revenue of $1.4 billion. 3 Fiscal year 2017. 4 Deere & Co reported 2018 revenue of $37.8 billion. 5 Part of SRC Holdings Corp. © Copyright 2020 SBJ. All rights reserved. This material may not be republished, rebroadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Researched by Matthew Henderson